From: m4dc4p <jgbailey@...>
Date: 2006-02-14T03:53:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Mongrel 0.3.1 -- New Site/Runs Right

I submitted a couple of feature requests to RubyForge - I hope you
check them out!

Zed Shaw wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Yet another release of Mongrel proudly pushed out for everyone to review and
> comment on.  This time though, I've done up a little website that's *way*
> better than the plan Rdoc that used to stand in for the site like a
> one-legged leper.
>
> * http://mongrel.rubyforge.net/
>
> As you should already know, Mongrel is a fast HTTP server and library for
> Ruby partially written in C.  It supports running Ruby on Rails, Camping,
> and Og+Nitro applications as well as featuring a simple API for others to
> use in their own frameworks.  Performance is usually much higher than
> WEBrick while the features are kept much lower.
>
>
> == 0.3.1 Changes
>
> * This release fixes a *huge* bug in the Rails support where the
> Content-length was very very wrong.  People who had weird problems
> downloading images should try this release and let me know the results.
>
> * It features a new command and plugin system (thanks to pluginfactory) with
> an initial start and stop command for Ruby on Rails.
>
> * New site that was basically stolen from all sorts of Creative Commons
> licensed sources.  Please read the attributions page (
> http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/attributions.html) so they get credit.
>
> * Dependency problems with daemons gem solved.
>
>
> == The New Rails Runner
>
> This release features a mongrel_rails script that has start and stop
> commands as well as full options for dictating it's configuration.  Simply
> do the following:
>
>  $ sudo gem install mongrel
>  $ cd myrailsapp
>  $ mongrel_rails start -d
>
> Which runs Mongrel in the background. You can stop it with:
>
>  $ mongrel_rails stop
>
> And you�re all set.  You can pass the start and stop commands the -h option
> to find out all the possible options.
>
>
> === Win32 Folks
>
> The only thing you people need to do right now is avoid the -d option for
> start. Win32 doesn�t support POSIX fork so it won�t go into the background.
> I�ll be adding support for making Mongrel a service in a few releases.
>
> There might be other Process specific calls the blow up on win32.  Let me
> know since..ehem..I didn't really test this on win32.  Sorry.
>
>
> == The Next Release
>
> I'll be grabbing all the various Rails applications I can and begin testing
> Mongrel against them.  If anyone is building an application and is
> interested in testing Mongrel with their gear then shoot me an e-mail.
> There is one outstanding bug with the Rails support which I have to fix, but
> otherwise it's working reasonably well.
>
> Any suggestions for documentation people want are more than welcome.
>
> Finally, I'm looking at a caching mechanism that would involve dynamically
> storing gzip and regular versions of all returned content into a memcached.
> I have a small prototype kind of working that does this, but I'm interested
> in people's ideas for what they'd like in a caching system that's between
> Rails page caching and fully dynamic content.
>
>
> = Love Your Dog?
>
> I'm looking for people who want their buddy featured on the Mongrel site.
> Just post a photo via some photo posting site and let me know where it is.
> I'll make a page for all the "mongrels" out there.  'Cause dogs rule.
> 
> 
> Zed A. Shaw
> http://www.zedshaw.com/